Yeah, just because it takes me 2 hours to physically type out the code does not mean I was not working on it mentally for weeks leading up to it. I think this

Yeah, just because it takes me 2 hours to physically type out the code does not mean I was not working on it mentally for weeks leading up to it. I think this is kind of the age-old question of "where does creativity happen" (replacing 'work' with 'creativity' in this context). Most physicists, philosophers, and mystics will maintain that time does not actually exist, but is a conceptual projection in a sphere of transformations, so trying to measure things like creativity and time may not lead to very useful correlates. However, the fact that one should focus ones effort in small, useful periods, is precisely what I take away from information such as this.